Pathological gambling disorder is a behavioural disorder that affects many
areas of personal functioning and causes clinically significant distress in the individual and
those close to him or her. The comorbidity between pathological gambling and other
disorders such as mental depression and anxiety have been associated with personality
disorders, particularly with borderline personality disorder. Recent evidence shows
the modulating factor of impulsivity between depression and pathological gambling
disorder. Evidence is however lacking on the temporal organization of these symptoms
with episodes of pathological gambling. We report a case of pathological gambling with
borderline personality disorder and its association over time with life events that trigger
feelings of fear of abandonment preceding the gambling episodes....
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Pathological gambling disorder is a behavioural disorder that affects many
areas of personal functioning and causes clinically significant distress in the individual and
those close to him or her. The comorbidity between pathological gambling and other
disorders such as mental depression and anxiety have been associated with personality
disorders, particularly with borderline personality disorder. Recent evidence shows
the modulating factor of impulsivity between depression and pathological gambling
disorder. Evidence is however lacking on the temporal organization of these symptoms
with episodes of pathological gambling. We report a case of pathological gambling with
borderline personality disorder and its association over time with life events that trigger
feelings of fear of abandonment preceding the gambling episodes.